Nucleosynthesis and Chemical Evolution of Galaxies

Rating:
Summary: Best book on the subject?
Review: This may not be the best book on any of the topics covered. The exception is the chemical evolution of galaxies, a subject, on which this book is the best by default, being the only one! It a subject far from my areas of interest.

So why five stars?

One reason is that this book, when covering "well known" subjects like cosmic nucleosynthesis or supernovae, stresses simple analytical arguments over numerical simulations (which are also shown). Analytical arguments are always better than just staring at plots of computer simulations, because they give insights that the simulations cannot provide.

The second reason is, basically, the price of the book. The Cambridge University paperbacks on astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology are priced so low, compared to ordinary graduate-level textbooks, that I feel guilty giving any of them a less-than-five-stars rating. I also feel guilty about not buying them when I run into them in bookstores. Buy all of them, please, so they will keep coming!